Herding Cats

AUGUST 5, 2017

Managing Cost, Schedule, & Technical Performance Risk Is The Basis Of Good Project Management. Risk management is essential to the success of any significant project. The emerging risks that can be identified early in the project that impact the project later are often termed “known unknowns.”

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Digite

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Continuing our theme of helping Agile teams understand the Kanban Method, so they can effectively adopt it for their improvement efforts, I am again honored to publish a guest article by another great friend of ours – Dave White. You will enjoy this excellent article. Cheers, Mahesh Singh. Similarities. Value-system Influences.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 12, 2016

Neil Killick posted a good question, what's the common ground for talking about estimates. All estimates have two attributes - accuracy and precision. The values of these two attributes are what those needing the estimates are after. That request comes from those asking for the estimate. 100M, 200M, 500M?

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MPUG

MARCH 8, 2021

Many project managers utilize a Lean-Agile approach when there is high change or churn in project requirements, significant lack of clarity in scope, high complexity to their projects, and/or a larger number of risks associated with such. It’s usually based on a cadence. Flow-based. Two Lean-Agile Types.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 25, 2022

Shall I notify you about articles like this one? Too much estimating: The Developers even estimate sub-tasks. Remember: the purpose of estimating is to identify misalignment among the Developers regarding the What and How of items from the Product or Sprint Backlog. So don’t waste your time on that. Related Posts.

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Velociteach

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The project management plan (Plan) is a powerful tool. This article presents a framework for modeling project context and considerations for tailoring. Domain Management Plans describe how the project domains (PMI knowledge areas) will be planned, executed, and monitored. It describes how the project will be executed.

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Leading Answers

MARCH 7, 2019

I wrote this article about the choices of approach we have and ways for new PMs to navigate them.). These days, new project managers are exposed to conflicting guidance. Here, traditional project management approaches work great. Here, formal planning and estimation are difficult because we don’t know what we will encounter.

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MPUG

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Introduction: First, I am not writing this to be highbrow; besides technical and project management topics, I have enjoyed history and mythology for years. I recently watched an old Greek mythology movie from the early 80’s, and I had a revelation: the muses and project management.

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Herding Cats

JULY 29, 2017

Related articles. IT Risk Management. Why Guessing is not Estimating and Estimating is not Guessing. Estimating Processes in Support of Economic Analysis. Herding Cats: Capabilities Release or Cadence Release. Estimating and Making Decisions in Presence of Uncertainty.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 30, 2023

This article is another excursion into this nascent yet fascinating new technology of generative AI and LLMs and the future of knowledge work. Shall I notify you about articles like this one? Build a strong and diverse change management team to lead the effort. TL; DR: Agile Transformation with ChatGPT or McBoston?

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MPUG

JUNE 1, 2022

Melanie: Jeff is currently the Training and Development Manager for Edwards Performance Solutions. As such, he oversees the production and maintenance of courses on project management, systems engineering, software development, business process improvement, and cyber security.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

And this is precisely the point: The Product Owner miraculously identifies what is the best way to proceed as a Scrum Team by managing the Product Backlog. Shall I notify you about articles like this one? Or the product delivery organization is solely briefed indirectly by key account managers.

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Leading Agile

APRIL 20, 2023

As the world of business increases in complexity, it will take more than user stories, estimation, and OKRs to build a trustworthy system that management can delegate into. But if managers want a trustworthy system, it’ll be up to them to create it. Why is it hard for managers to empower teams they want control?

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Herding Cats

JULY 27, 2017

So when you hear Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) as buzzwords , ask can you show me your Product Roadmap and Release Plan (either Capabilities release plan or Cadence release plan). Related articles. IT Risk Management. Why Guessing is not Estimating and Estimating is not Guessing.

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Wrike

JUNE 15, 2023

A well-laid plan can go a long way in project management , as you have a clear roadmap that you and your team can follow. In the case that you can’t create a plan from scratch, having pre-made project management templates on hand can be a useful safety net. Project management can also be useful on the ground level.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 23, 2016

The Plan for the delivery of value is shown in the Product Roadmap and implemented in the Cadence Release Plan, or sometimes in the Capabilities Release plan. Related articles. Integrated Master Plan and Department of Energy Program Management. IT Risk Management. Deliver as planned.

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Leading Agile

JUNE 29, 2023

Managers are evil. But is it possible that there may be reasonable and rational behaviors behind the actions of those executives, managers, and people who obstruct what we’re trying to do? In fact, at conferences, we often talk about how managers are bad and executives are foolish people who want to derail the company.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 5, 2016

He was not a program manager of engineered to order software intensive system of systems. This is the basis of the Agile Product Roadmap and Product Release Plan (either cadence or capability based). Related articles. IT Risk Management. Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects.

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Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

High WIP levels and failure to recognize delivery capacity, identify scarce resources, and consider estimates led to intense pressure to deliver late in the project schedule. Ron Jeffries’ classic article, “We Tried Baseball and it Didn’t Work” , is an amusing and yet chillingly accurate description of this situation.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 20, 2018

But there’s a risk that people will get excited about automation and get ahead of themselves. They asked a software developer what it would take, and he estimated something like 20,000 pounds over several months. Including appropriate tooling in the automated CI process covers most of the remaining risks in this area.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 19, 2020

We’re starting to see HBR articles written more than one. And they’re counting on the fact that all of the planning processes, all the project management, or all the Agile or all whatever, is going to help them make promises, okay? We typically want to have those stories estimated, right?

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MPUG

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Ben Howard’s session, Power BI for Business Users and Project Managers – Part 1: Introduction to the Power BI Suite, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. You may watch the live recording of this webinar at your convenience. Ben Howard: Brilliant.

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MPUG

OCTOBER 16, 2019

He’s an accomplished speaker, consultant and educator supporting the project management community for over 25 years. You’re going to see this coming out at a very fast cadence. A lot of times I like to have fun, certainly in doing estimating. You’re going to see it in the next couple of months.

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